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the possibility for sabotage is after t astro nom cal. >> maybe they have the cash to put it underground. >> the price of saving these jobs is forbiddingly high. we shouldn't even be thinking about it. we had a u.s.-owned buyer. >> no, they dropped out. >> because the price was too high. >> that's h that's the way the bankruptcy process work. >> no, no. johnson controls does business with the u.s. government and i'm sure it values very much and clever politicianes with any street smarts would have said to johnson controls, let's bargain here. let's make a deal. >> have you proof of that? >> what's that? >> do you have proof of that? . you are basically saying that johnson controls said step aside for the deal to go through. >> no, they didn't step aside. they dpt negotiate with them or didn't do so skillfully enough. >> johnson controls did not want to. i'm not defending the chinese here. but you keep saying there was an american buyer and there was not an american buyer. >> there was an interest to keep the technology in american hands. the u.s. government acted like this was an ordinar
the possibility for sabotage is after t astro nom cal. >> maybe they have the cash to put it underground. >> the price of saving these jobs is forbiddingly high. we shouldn't even be thinking about it. we had a u.s.-owned buyer. >> no, they dropped out. >> because the price was too high. >> that's h that's the way the bankruptcy process work. >> no, no. johnson controls does business with the u.s. government and i'm sure it values very much and clever...
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he didn't really have a case for cal asylum. he's wanted for questioning. >> when your book on john mcafee comes out, you tell me. >> we don't have the ending yet. >> no, we do not. robert frank, thank you very much. >>> odd are that you bought something on amazon.com this season. because of that we've created a town within a town in nevada. jane wells is there to explain. jane? >> reporter: brian, this is the fernley rv park. we got a classic air stream there. that's called a holiday rambler. 60% of the people camping in this rv park are here for one reason, to work the holidays at am done. amazon's even paying their rent. not just here but at rv parks around many of their other u.s. warehouses. amazon tells us it's hired 50,000 seasonal workers to meet the rush. we have some video here inside a fulfillment center we visited in the past in phoenix so you get an idea of what kind of work they do. a lot of temps are people who have taken to the open road but they need to make a little cash along the way. jim melvin working his se
he didn't really have a case for cal asylum. he's wanted for questioning. >> when your book on john mcafee comes out, you tell me. >> we don't have the ending yet. >> no, we do not. robert frank, thank you very much. >>> odd are that you bought something on amazon.com this season. because of that we've created a town within a town in nevada. jane wells is there to explain. jane? >> reporter: brian, this is the fernley rv park. we got a classic air stream there....
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it's about walmart and the mechanics cal can business that was aggressive and creative and a corrupter offering large payoffs to get what the law otherwise prohibited. the times reports that the retailer wanted to build a store in an alfalfa field in a town's main entrance which was barely a mile from some ancient pyramids. the town's elected leaders had prevented the new zoning map that would have prevented it. walmart officials decided to undo the damage by a well played bribe and the guy drawing the map drew it a little differently. >> that's exactly what happened. they found the old map and the new map. they found a disk in a shoe box showing the differences. it was incredible. >> the zoning map would not become law until it was published in a government newspaper, so walmart reportedly arranged to bribe an official to change the map before it was sent to the newspaper. walmart issued a statement saying the allegations are part of that company's ongoing investigation of the last "new york times" piece. >> that wasn't a denial. >> no. but we knew about this. and then, you did this -
it's about walmart and the mechanics cal can business that was aggressive and creative and a corrupter offering large payoffs to get what the law otherwise prohibited. the times reports that the retailer wanted to build a store in an alfalfa field in a town's main entrance which was barely a mile from some ancient pyramids. the town's elected leaders had prevented the new zoning map that would have prevented it. walmart officials decided to undo the damage by a well played bribe and the guy...
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calpercent calpercent -- cal pers is one of them. >> and leaders in this. >> and who do they sell them to. looking at what happened to the value of some of these companies, there's discussion it's a foreign buyer. >> in the current environment, although economics will tell you there's always a price for something, you can discount it to a certain extent as a result of the political environment. that being said, there have been no laws at this point passed in any way, shape or form in terms of -- >> no guarantee there will be one. >> no. >> a leg up on what to expect this trading day. that is next. and later, getting into holiday spirits with a company known for absolute and we'll talk with brian frey. take a look at futures one more time. hopes for a deal on the fiscal cliff. [ male announcer ] at scottrade, you won't just find us online, you'll also find us in person, with dedicated support teams at over 500 branches nationwide. so when you call or visit, you can ask for a name you know. because personal service starts with a real person. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades a
calpercent calpercent -- cal pers is one of them. >> and leaders in this. >> and who do they sell them to. looking at what happened to the value of some of these companies, there's discussion it's a foreign buyer. >> in the current environment, although economics will tell you there's always a price for something, you can discount it to a certain extent as a result of the political environment. that being said, there have been no laws at this point passed in any way, shape or...
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it plans to suspend palestinian cal development of its drugs to treat prostate cancer as it goes through this process. also sprint is buying the part of clearwire it doesn't already own for $2.97 a share. that deal was announced last hour. some clearwire shareholders had been holding out for a higher offer. >>> and aig will reportedly raise up to $6.5 billion by selling the rest of the asian unit aia. that would mark a complete exit by aig from that business after nearly 100 years. aig sold part of the aia business back in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. >> let's get back to our special guest, david tepper, founder, and chief investment officer of the hedge fund appaloosa management. last time, this time, couldn't we sum up a lot of what you said, it's crazy to fight the fed. i mean it's that simple? >> yeah, i mean, look, there's other events that can happen that can, you know, like i said, d.c. can screw things up a little bit. but generally speaking the fed -- >> you think? >> generally thinking what the fed has done has worked in the real economy. what the fed has done ha
it plans to suspend palestinian cal development of its drugs to treat prostate cancer as it goes through this process. also sprint is buying the part of clearwire it doesn't already own for $2.97 a share. that deal was announced last hour. some clearwire shareholders had been holding out for a higher offer. >>> and aig will reportedly raise up to $6.5 billion by selling the rest of the asian unit aia. that would mark a complete exit by aig from that business after nearly 100 years. aig...
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. >> let me do a super-cal i straighter on r.i.m. >> did you get that? >> down here. >> i've got to go commando here. it's down here. that's where it is. all work and no play makes jack a very dull boy. >> there you go. it may be the 17 sued a feds i took before the show. >> oh, the memories. good times, right? >> when he's gone, you really miss him. >> he'll be back on wednesday, in time to trade the fiscal cliff. all right. the deadline, of course, just hours away. if lawmakers wind up kicking the can down the road, they may want to come up with a way of saying so. that son the annual list of words to be ban issued. spoiler alert, trending and bucket list, not surprisingly the phrase that got the most nominations this year, fiscal cliff. so that brings us to this morning's squawk on the tweet. what other phrases should be banned and why. and remember, try and keep it clean. tweet us at squawk street. we've got your responses throughout the morning. fiscal cliff definitely has to go. >> i can't wait for hash tag to go away. >> we'll start hearing about
. >> let me do a super-cal i straighter on r.i.m. >> did you get that? >> down here. >> i've got to go commando here. it's down here. that's where it is. all work and no play makes jack a very dull boy. >> there you go. it may be the 17 sued a feds i took before the show. >> oh, the memories. good times, right? >> when he's gone, you really miss him. >> he'll be back on wednesday, in time to trade the fiscal cliff. all right. the deadline, of...
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the current ceo of cal rama partners. this deal is a little bit different, correct? this one might past with muster? >> yes, i think this one has a fairly high percentage of likelihood of passing. doesn't raise the same problems because of the antitrust issues that really defeated the last several efforts. >> but the interesting part here is what it really says about equities trading and how that business has really changed drastically over the last decade or so. >> it does. and also what's happened to the new york stock exchange, which has effectively become a wasting asset. it's kind of sad to see what was once the premiere exchange in the world now selling for what is a relatively low price compared to historic value. but it does mean that equity trading is not the wave of the profitable future. that really belongs to derivatives and futures. >> is this just something that happened because of what's come about with the machines? the rise of the machines, fewer people on the floor, how margins have been compressed? is this something you could have seen happening te
the current ceo of cal rama partners. this deal is a little bit different, correct? this one might past with muster? >> yes, i think this one has a fairly high percentage of likelihood of passing. doesn't raise the same problems because of the antitrust issues that really defeated the last several efforts. >> but the interesting part here is what it really says about equities trading and how that business has really changed drastically over the last decade or so. >> it does....
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i prefer cvs to cal greens. but i do not think this deal will get hammered. >> we'll keep an eye on walgreen's. >> i want to talk about nike and red hat. these are the two best stories of the day. if they stay up, i think what you're going to say is maybe things are not as bad with fiscal cliff. china not as bad as we though, u.s. very strong. so nike, if it goes back to 97, it means we're going to have a real bad couple of days in my view. look at red hat. red hat is a technology company that is deeply involved in the cloud. they, too, had a better than expected number, as did oracle in the cloud. so these are my two tales for the trading today, david. if you pick the best of the best and they go down, you'll really have a couple of -- >> when it comes to the so-called cloud play and the use of it in the competition here, is that one of the key names? >> yes, it allows you to manage cloud in a cheap -- an anti-microsoft business. their partner is sales force.com. i'm really using these as tells. in other words,
i prefer cvs to cal greens. but i do not think this deal will get hammered. >> we'll keep an eye on walgreen's. >> i want to talk about nike and red hat. these are the two best stories of the day. if they stay up, i think what you're going to say is maybe things are not as bad with fiscal cliff. china not as bad as we though, u.s. very strong. so nike, if it goes back to 97, it means we're going to have a real bad couple of days in my view. look at red hat. red hat is a technology...
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could actually do something like that we recommended, you know, depending on what politically bract cal to get done, what we can actually eliminate. but you can eliminate a lot of these tax expenditures, broaden the base, simplify the code and bring down ritts. >> who in the base would go for that? that would be -- have you heard anyone in the president's base that would go for that? >> yeah, they would. not to say it's not difficult, it's not hard. we proved that people like dick durbin would move forward. >> i know. that's great. i know. durbin has risen above. he's risen above. >> he really has. >> yeah. >> we thank you very much. >> thank you for having me. i enjoyed it. >> we appreciate your helping us navigate what is an incredibly difficult thing for us to understand but you make it seem very, very easy. thank you, erskine. >> okay. good. stay at it. let's rise above. >> thanks. >> using 23 from now. >> that's zeroing out everything. earned income credit, the -- >> i'm going to stay 23, and i'm going to have a sound bite. you have questions, or comments, about -- kayla, you're ba
could actually do something like that we recommended, you know, depending on what politically bract cal to get done, what we can actually eliminate. but you can eliminate a lot of these tax expenditures, broaden the base, simplify the code and bring down ritts. >> who in the base would go for that? that would be -- have you heard anyone in the president's base that would go for that? >> yeah, they would. not to say it's not difficult, it's not hard. we proved that people like dick...